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Jul 24, 2018

Bowie's first recording to be auctioned

The first-known recording by David Bowie, when he was the 16-year-old
singer of a band called The Konrads, is going up for auction.
Omega Auctions in northwestern England said Monday that the reel tape
would go on sale on September 11, with an expected price of 10,000
pounds ($13,100).

The song, "I Never Dreamed," was recorded in a studio in 1963 when The
Konrads asked Bowie, then known by his given name David Jones, to sing
lead vocals.

A harmonious rock 'n' roll song in the vein of classic Beatles, "I Never
Dreamed" was submitted to record label Decca in an unsuccessful bid for
a recording contract.

Konrads drummer David Hadfield said he had "decided that David was the best person to sing it and give the right interpretation.

"So this became the very first recording of David Jones (Bowie) singing 55 years ago!" he said in a statement.

The tape was recently discovered in a loft, the auction house said.

Bowie left The Konrads shortly afterward and did not achieve stardom
until six years later when, already a solo artist, he released "Space
Oddity" about the fictional astronaut Major Tom.

Bowie earned a reputation as one of the most innovative voices in rock
over a half-century career that experimented with soul, disco, jazz and
ambient music.

He died in 2016 from an undisclosed battle with cancer, two days after releasing his final album on his 69th birthday.